ENH: pd.cut() supports str for "bin" argument

[chaarvii]

• closes ENH: In pd.cut(), allow bins='auto' (leveraging np.histogram_bin_edges) #59165
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[mroeschke]

I am not fully convinced that this feature needs to be included in pandas as is given its straightforward implementation.

I would support documenting how to use histogram_bin_edges along with cut

[chaarvii]

I am not fully convinced that this feature needs to be included in pandas as is given its straightforward implementation.

I would support documenting how to use histogram_bin_edges along with cut

Right, I understand your point. However, since there were efforts in the past to get this feature in pandas #23567 (but weren’t successful due to some dependency versioning issues) and there’s been another request for this feature recently (#59165), I’d say its worth reconsidering. The implementation is simple, less likely to break things hence easier to support. I feel it would improve user experience - still just a suggestion, happy to discard this work and open a new PR with documentation changes if you’re still not convinced.